gála

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Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1699. Borrowed from German Gala, from Spanish gala.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

gála (plural gálák)

  1. gala (festive occasion)
    Synonyms: ünnepély, díszünnepély
  2. gala dress (elegant dress)
    Synonyms: gálaruha, díszruha

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gála gálák
accusative gálát gálákat
dative gálának gáláknak
instrumental gálával gálákkal
causal-final gáláért gálákért
translative gálává gálákká
terminative gáláig gálákig
essive-formal gálaként gálákként
essive-modal
inessive gálában gálákban
superessive gálán gálákon
adessive gálánál gáláknál
illative gálába gálákba
sublative gálára gálákra
allative gálához gálákhoz
elative gálából gálákból
delative gáláról gálákról
ablative gálától gáláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
gáláé gáláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
gáláéi gálákéi
Possessive forms of gála
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gálám gáláim
2nd person sing. gálád gáláid
3rd person sing. gálája gálái
1st person plural gálánk gáláink
2nd person plural gálátok gáláitok
3rd person plural gálájuk gáláik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ gála in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ gála in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • gála in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

gála f (genitive singular gálu, nominative plural gálur)

  1. tomboy
  2. (derogatory) hussy, tart
    Synonyms: gæra, flenna, glyðra
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gála (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gálaði, supine gálað)

  1. (mediopassive) to make jokes
Conjugation

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English gale (a wind, breeze), probably of North Germanic origin.

Noun

gála m (genitive singular gála, nominative plural gálaí)

  1. gale (very strong wind)
Declension
Declension of gála (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gála gálaí
vocative a ghála a ghálaí
genitive gála gálaí
dative gála gálaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gála na gálaí
genitive an ghála na ngálaí
dative leis an ngála
don ghála
leis na gálaí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English gavel (rent; tribute), from Old English gafol.

Noun

gála m (genitive singular gála, nominative plural gálaí)

  1. gale (periodic payment)
Declension
Declension of gála (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gála gálaí
vocative a ghála a ghálaí
genitive gála gálaí
dative gála gálaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gála na gálaí
genitive an ghála na ngálaí
dative leis an ngála
don ghála
leis na gálaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of gála
radical lenition eclipsis
gála ghála ngála

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122

Further reading